Man dies in 3rd shark attack off Australia island in 7 weeks

The Whitsunday Islands region around Cid Harbour is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Australia, with more than 750,000 local and worldwide visitors a year.

"They arrived in Cid Harbour with plans to stay overnight and anchored there in the mid-afternoon", Patrol Inspector Steve O'Connell said.

A man is in a critical condition after he was attacked by a shark at the Whitsunday Islands off Cid Harbour, where two tourists were mauled in separate attacks within 24 hours in September.

He had dived into the water to give the woman her turn on the board when he was attacked, O'Connell said.

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Temporary signs would be urgently installed and permanent signs would follow deterring people from swimming in the popular anchorage location, according to the statement.

Prof Colin Simpfendorfer, from James Cook University, said shark attacks were "extremely rare" in the Whitsundays, but no theories had "so far been supported by real substantial information" to understand the spike in shark activity.

There were more than a dozen yachts in the harbour at the time.

Christidis was taken by helicopter to the Mackay Base Hospital, 100 kilometres (60 miles) to the south, where he died.

All three attacks occurred in Cid Harbour, a picturesque bay surrounded by beaches in a popular tourist area on the north coast of Queensland.

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